Canada



P. F. KING.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION man July l2. Isls.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Hummm BV /Zu/ner UNITE@ STATES PATENT FFICE.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. en, 3.919.

Application filed July 12, 1918. Serial No. 244,598.

T all 'Lr/tom it may conce/rn Be it known that I, Percival. FAULii-Nnr.KING, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident o-t' thecity of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Cauada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in umbrellas, and the object of myinvention is to devise an umbrella capable of being disassembled by theuser as t0 all its parts so that it may be readily folded up into smallbulk and as readily assembled again, thereby providing an umbrella.which is of great convenience and utility. A further object is toprovide an umbrella from the construction of which wiring is entirelyeliminated.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view showing the umbrellapole and one rib.

Fig. 2 is a detail View of the rib upper end connecting sleeve.

Fig. 3 is a. cross sectional view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view` of the sliding sleeve.

Fig. 5 is a face View of the rib tip member.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the folding of the ribs.

Fig. S is a reduced plan view of the inside of the cover.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of Fig. 8 from the center lto circumferenceshowing tip 9.9 attached and in section.

Similar figures of reference ii dicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

1 indicates generally the pole of the umbrella which is jointed as at 2so that on breaking the joint the upiper and lower ends 3 and t may belaid alongside one another.' Secured to the upper end 3 of the pole isa. sleeve 5 Vhaving on its upper end an integral flange 6, which flangeis curved to correspond to the curvature of the cover 7 when theumbrellaI is opened and the cover is provided at its center with aflange 8 also similarly curved the bore of which is such as to allow itto pass freely over the end of the pole to be seated on the 'flange 6 asshown in 1 and 3, being held firmly thereon when 'the 'umbrella isassembled by means el? a flange it() tern-leden the lower :and ot asleeve 11 also freely mounted on the pole and capable of being partiallyrotated so that the bayonet slot 12 with which it is provided will coactwith a pin 13 secured into the pole and by means of which slot 12 andpin 13 the flange 10 is locked in place to grip firmly between it andthe flange (l the cover flange 8.

14 indicates a sleeve adapted to be slidably mounted on the `outside ofsleeve 5, the lower end of which is provided with a rotatable portion 15internally threaded toengage when rotated and being assembled acorrespondingly threaded portion of the sleeve and thereby hohl thesleeve 1t in its upmost position7 as shown, abutting the underside ofthe flange (l, while the upper end of sleeve 111 is enlarged andslotted, as shown at 33 in Figs. 1 and 2, there being as many slots,spaced equidistant from each other, as there are ribs in the completeumbrella. Thel enlarged slotted end of the sleeve tits when in placeinto a groove 41 formed in the underside of flange G so that it is-prevented from spreading under pressure.

Slidably mounted on the pole 1 is a. sleeve 16 having its end portions17 and 18 rotatable and each provided with an internal projection 19 andQ0 respectively, these projections being adapted to engagethreads 2.1and 22 formed on the pole so that when the projection 19 is brought intocontact with thread 21, or projection into contact with thread 9,2 andthe respective portions 17 or 18 are rotated, as the ease may be, theseportions will be advanced along their respective threads and theprojections 19 and 20 will be carried respectively upwardly anddownwardly until they slip into pockets 23 and 9.4 formed in therespective threads 21 and 22, when the sleeve will be temporarily lockedin 'its upmost or downmost position, as the case may be, unlocking beingeffected by raising the projections ont of their respective pockets androtating the portions 17 and 1S in the opposite direction. Thenon-rotatable portion of the sleeve is bulged outwardly and slotted, asshown at 3,4 in Figs. 1 and Lt, there being as many slots as there areribs in the umbrella.

The ribs of the umbrella. one of which is indicated by the numeral Q5,are each formed in two sections and jointed at 26. the joint beingcovered by a slidable sleeve *2,7 which `intevents the ribs frominadvertent folding' folding at the joint but which when slid away fromthe `joint allows theilewer section of the rib to be folded toward theupper section, as indicated by the dotted lines y in Fig. 7. The lowerend of each rib is flattened, indicated at 28,111 Fig. 7 and mounted onthe flattened end is a tip niem.

ber 29 the opening of which is correspondingly i'iattened so that whenin place 1t will not turn from its proper position. These vtips on theirouter sides are plate-like in Venlarzg'einents 32 adapted to lit-betweenthe sleeve 5 and the .sleevey la and by meansv of which theupper endslof the ribs are retained in' place after being inserted into Ythe pslots 33 of the sleeve l-l.

The spreading` of the ribs isV effected in fthe usual manner by means ofspokes, Vone of which is indicated by the numeral 86 in 'l Fig,V l,their upper endsbeing'hingedlylconnected to the ribs as at 37 whilethenl lower ,ends are provided with transverse members Yo renlargen'ients 3S similar to'those on the upper ends ofthe ribs adaptedtol pass through the slots gli in the sleeve 16V toengage the inner sideofthe same.

The cover 7j of the umbrellaV is provided on its inside with apluralityv of spaced loops V39. formed `preferably by securing a tapell0 to the cover, the loops .being formedby stitching Vthe tape to thecover at the' required intervals,there beingasinany loops asA there areribs.`

rlavingthus indicated the principal parts of my inventionll. willnowdescribev the `manner in whichitis assembled and dis- .;f-inbled. "i

verse ends 32 of the ribsare seated iii-the are seated in the sleeve 16,the cover 7 being secured to the pole l andthe ribs by the sleeve ll,tapeloops -f-O and tip members 29. To now disassemble the umbrella sothat Vit 'maybe folded all that is'necessary is to unscrew the sleeve l5to withdrawl the upper end of the sleeverlfl' away vfrom the undersideYof plate` 6,' unlock the sleeve ll and withdraw it over the point'offthe umbrella, and slide the sleeves 27 to uncover the joints 26 oftheribs. Y The upper ends of the ribs may` now be raisedk out of sleeve Alaand the lower half of Veach rib folder upwardly onto its upper half, theact of the ribs affording' suiiicient 'slackness of the cover to enablethe tips 29 to be withdrawn from the ribs and to alle-iv the delige 8 ofthe cover to be passedover the SGDSG.

therefrom, said W li enthe umbrella is assembled thetrans.-

Laisse@ Ahave devised a useful umbrella which can be reiunivdisassembled to permit its beingV folded into small bulkand which isAcharacterized by the entire absence of wiring` in its construction. Aschanges could be made, however, in the construction described, withinthe scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit thereof, itis intended that all matter contained in ing specification and drawingsbeV interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingI l/Vha-t I claimas my invention is: l.y In an umbrella, a pole, a flange secured theretohaving' anexternally threaded eXten- "sion, anda sleevev adapted todetachably receive the umbrella ribs mounted on said eX- thereto, havingan annular groove in its underside and a sleeve mounted on said polecapable of being advanced or retracted so that its upper end may engagein said groove to prevent its spreading' or be disengaged sleeve 'beingadapted lto detachably receive lthe Vupper ends of the' umbrella ribs.

3.1113 an umbrella, Va pole, umbrella ribseach having van enlargementonrits upper end, a flange secured to the pole having an Y externallythreaded extension, Vand aV sleeve mounted on the. pole through whichthe upper ends of the ribs'pass and with the, inside of which the saidto prevent inadvertent withdrawal therefrom of the.ribsjsaidsleeveVhaving' a revoluble lower part threadedV on tothe said extension by maybe advancedor retracted so that its upper end may abut or be removedfrom said flange.

l; In an umbrella, a pole, umbrella ribs each enlarged at its upper end,a sleeve secured tosaid pole having' itsv upper end provided with aflangeV and its Y lower end eX- ternally threaded, a second sleevemounted on theiirst'mentioned one having; its upper Vend slotted with asmany slotsas there are ribs and each slot being adapted to receive nesite rib directly behind the enlargement thereof, the-:lower end 'ofsaidsieere that the cover loops may the accompanyenlargements engage therotation of which the sleeveY iso f being' rotatable independently ofthe upper part and threaded internally correspondingly to the thread ofthe first mentioned sleeve.

5. In an umbrella, a pole, umbrella ribs each enlarged at its u-pperend, a sleeve secured to said pole having its upper end provid-ed with afiange curved to conform to the contour of' the umbrella cover whenopened and having a groove in its lower face, the lower end of saidsleeve being externally threaded, and a second sleeve mounted on thefirst mentioned one having its upper end enlarged and provided with asmany slots as there are ribs each of' which is adapted to receive theend of' a rib directly behind 'the enlargement thereof', the enlargedupper end of said sleeve being adapted to fit in the grooveaforesaid andits lower end being rotatable independently of its upper end andthreaded internally corresponding to the thread of' the first memtionedsleeve. j

6. In an umbrella, means for detachably securing the ribs thereof to thepole, comprising' a sleeve having an enlarged upper end Slotted with asmanv slots as there are ribs and having an internally threaded revolublelower' end adapted to co-act with a correspondingly threaded portion onthe pole whereby said upper end may be advanced or retracted, anenlargement on each rib upper end adapted to engage the inside of saidsleeve lwhen the rib is mounted in its` respective slot, and a retainingflange cured to Said pole againstthe underside of which the upper end oiSaid sleeve may be advanced to prevent upward movement of the ribstending to displace them out of the said slots.

7. In a foldable umbrella, a jointed pole, a sleeve having an enlargedupper end slotted with as many slots as there are ribs and having an`internally threaded revoluble lower end adapt-ed to co-act with acorrespondingly threaded portion on the pole whereby said upper end maybe advanced or retracted, ribs jointed at substantially mid-length eachprovided with a movable sleeve normally covering' said joint and havingan enlargement 0n its upper end, said enlargement being adapted toengage the inside oi said sleeve when the rib is mounted in itsrespective slot, a retaining flange secured to the pole against theunderside of which the upper end of said sleeve may be advanced toprevent upward movement of' the ribs tending to displace them out of thesaid slots, a cover having an apertured flange at its center' adapted tobe passed over said pole and seated on said retaining flange andprovided with a plurality of inside loops each adapted to loon over arib and a plurality of members around its outer edge each 'adapted todetacbably engage a rib tip, and means for retaining said cover flangein place.

8. In a i'oldable umbrella, a jointed pole, a sleeve having an enlargedupper end slotted with as many slots as there are ribs and having aninternally threaded revoluble lower end adapted to co-act with acorrespondingly threaded portion on the pole whereby said upper end maybe advanced or retracted, ribs jointed at substantially midlength eachprovided with a movable sleeve norn'ially covering' said joint andhaving' an enlargement on its upper end, said enlargement being adaptedt0 engage the inside of said Sleeve when the rib is mounted in itsrespective slot, a retaining' flange secured to the pole against theunderside ol which the upper end of' said sleeve may be advanced toprevent upward movement ol the ribs tending to displace them out ol thesaid slot, a coverhaving an apertured flange at its center adapted to bepassed over said pole and seated on said retaining flange and providedwith a plurality of inside loops each adapted to loop over a rib and aplurality of members around its outer edge each adapted to detachablyengage a rib tip, and a rotatable sleeve mounted on said pole adapted tobear on the upper Vlaceo'l said cover flange provided with a bayonetslot eo-acting with a locking pm carried by said 9. Ina foldableumbrella, a jointed pole, a sleeve mounted thereon having' an enlargedupper end slotted with many slots as there are ribs and having aninternally threaded revoluble lower end adapted to cio-act with acorrespondingly threaded portion on the pole whereby said upper end maybe advanced or retracted, ribs jointed at substantially midlength eachprovided with a movable sleeve normally covering said joint and havingan enlarged upper end and a flattened tip, said enlargement beingadapted to engage the inside ol the said sleeve when the rib is mountedin its respective slot` a retaining flange grooved on its undersidesecured to the pole against which the upper end of said sleeve may beadvanced to prevent displacement from said Slots ot said ribs and toengage in said groove, a cover having an apertured flange at its centeradapted to be passed over said pole and seated on said retaining flangeand provided with a plurality of inside loops each adapted to loop overa rib and a plurality of members around its outer edge adapted todetachably engage the flattened tips of the said ribs, and means forretaining said cover' Harige in place.

10. In a foldable umbrella, a jointed pole, an upper sleeve having anenlarged upper end slotted with as many slots as there are ribs andhaving an internally threaded revoluble lower end adapted to co-act witha cor respondingly threadedl portionon the pole whereby said upper endmay be advanced or retracted, an enlargement'on each rib upper endvadapted kto engage the inside of: said sleeve when the rib is mounted:in its respective slot, a retaining flange secured to said pole againstthe underside of which'the upper e'nd of said sleeve may be advanced, asliding sleeve mounted on the pole havingits upper and lower' portionsrevoluble and provided with internal projections and its midportionslotted with as many slots as there are ribs, Vsaid projections beingadapted to co-act respectively with upper and lower threads on the pole,and spokes extending between said sleeve and said ribs, the lower endsof the spokes being engaged in the slots or" the said sleeve.

ll. In a foldable umbrella, a jointed pole, an upper sleeve having anenlarged upper end slotted with as many slots as there are ribs andhaving an internally threaded revoluble lower end adapted to co-act witha correspondingly threaded portion on the pole whereby said upper endmaybe advanced or retracted, an enlargement on each rib upperend'adapted to engage the inside of said sleeve when the rib is mountedin its respective slot, a retaining iange secured to said pole againstthe underside of which` the upper end of said sleeve may be advanced, aV

sliding sleeve mounted on the pole having its upper and lower-portionsrevoluble and provided with internal projectionsand its mid portionslotted with as ymany slots as there are'ribs, said projections beingadapted to co-act respectively with upper and lower threads on the polehaving pockets with which said projections engage-ata predeterminedpoint of their travel, and spokes extending between said sleeve and saidribs the lower ends of the spokes being engaged in the slots of the saidsleeve.

' July, 191s.

19.. In` an umbrella, a pole, Vand means mounted thereon for opening andclosing the umbrella, said means comprising a sliding sleeve mounted lonthe pole having its upper and lower portions revoluble and provided withintegral projections and its mid portion slotted with as many slots asthere are umbrella, ribs, and threads on the pole with which theprojections of the said upper and lower portions cooperate to limit theopening and closing movements of the sleeve1 and spokes the upper endscfwhich are hingedly connectedfto the umbrella ribs, their lower endsbeing seatedinthe slots of said sleeve.

13. In an umbrella, a pole, and means mounted thereon for opening andclosing the umbrella, said means comprising a sliding sleeve mounted onthe pole having its upper and lower portions revoluble and provided withinternal projections and its mid portion slotted with as many slots lasthere are umbrellay ribs, threads on said pole with which theprojections of the said upper and lower portions coperate to limit ltheopening and closing kmovements, of thev sleeve, each said thread havinga pocket with which the respectiveinternal projections engage to preventinadvertent rotationof the respective revoluble.portions,and spokes theupper ends of which are'hingedly connected to the umbrella ribs, theirlower ends being seated in the slots of said sleeve; j

14. In an umbrella, ak pole, umbrella ribs detachably secured to saidpole andk provided with lattened tips, a cover, and means carriedthereby for detachably securing its outer edge to thesaid tips,saidmeans comprising sockets iiattened correspondingly 'to the tips andadapted for slidable engagement thereon. *Y

VDated at Vancouver, B. C., this 3rd day'oi" PERCIVALFAULKNER KING. e

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